tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post116985076507281076..comments2023-06-20T07:19:44.412-04:00Comments on The Four Mass'keteers: Let This Mind Be in You - Tape 5David Nybakkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172189118334371454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-1169860361079781972007-01-26T21:12:00.000-04:002007-01-26T21:12:00.000-04:00A very nice compendium, Aramis. Bravo!What not ma...A very nice compendium, Aramis. Bravo!<BR/><BR/>What not many have put together in terms of connections with Girard's mimetic theory is how boldly and baldly C. S. Lewis limned the power of the sacred to suck persons into inauthentic conversions in his spectacular fable, That Hideous Strength. I'm not certain Bailie has either mentioned it (or the rest of Lewis's Space Trilogy) or even read it.<BR/><BR/>I can only say that for me, THS captures the fears, anxieties, pettiness and false ontology that leads SO many to settle for "what works" rather than what is True. <BR/><BR/>The leap of faith into the arms of the God who did NOT create a "trapdoor universe" seems so often like poppycock compared to the sure dollar, safe path, fiscal sensibility for the future. <BR/><BR/>Truly a great fictional depiction of all that Girard -- and by extension, Bailie -- says about sliding into a poor parody of true conversion.Athoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.com